Week Four - Stupid side aches :(. And achieving your goals.

WEEK FOUR

1/25/11 - Day one: 3 miles in 33 minutes Scheduled: 3

1/26/11 - Day two: 5 miles in 59 minutes Scheduled: 5 (sucky, stupid run.)

Today I had a really hard discouraging-in-one-way/encouraging-in-another-way run.

Reason for discouragement: I had a TERRIBLE sideache for the first 4 miles not allowing me to run as fast as I wanted (not to mention making it so I missed the first half of the BYU vs SDSU basketball game!) and just plum hurts!

Reason for encouragement: I still did it. I so badly wanted to stop running at 1.2 miles when I had to begin walking because it hurt so bad. I decided to just go until 3 miles... until I got to 3 miles. Then I decided I might as well finish if I'd come this far. AND I am sick. Yet I still went and did it! You go girl.

I am following every single thing that book tells me to do to be totally prepared for this marathon.

SUCCESS.

I've learned the value of setting attainable goals. I started out running 3 miles (VERY slowly I might add!) and if I had set the goal too high, I would have quit training for this marathon the first week. Because I've had easy-to-reach, progressive little goals, I feel so proud and happy and victorious each time I finish one of my runs and feel ENCOURAGED to continue in my training.

This must be true in everything in life. So if we all want to change, we need to set attainable small goals and just make sure that NO MATTER WHAT you stay committed to that goal and accomplish it. It will give you the courage and strength to continue on the path towards that ultimate goal and you'll eventually get to it!